How do I activate both of my graphic adapter?

Arizal71

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I have ASUS X550Z. It has AMD R7(512MB) as integrated graphic adapter, and R5 M230(2GB) as linked adapter. On MSI Afterburner software, it shows that my R5 is zero value on everything, which I assume it's not working. So I have only 2GB of graphic memory, when it's supposed to be 4GB if all my graphic adapter is working. How do I fix this?
 

jaslion

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This is normal. You can't use both of these at the same time. Its either the integrated gpu (which might even be better actually) or the dedicated gpu.
 

Arizal71

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But at one point, on my dxdiag it shows my vga memory is 4GB. Now it's just 2GB. How could this be?
 

Arizal71

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When I uninstall my graphic card, my vga memory on dxdiag is 1,7GB. When I install my graphic card, it's supposed to be 1,7GB + R5 2GB + R7 512MB, so it's at least 4GB. But, this time I only have 2,2GB vga memory, as if my R5 is not working. Because at one point, I have 4GB of vga memory.
 

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Question from Arizal71 : "Activating linked graphic adapter"

I have ASUS X550Z. It has AMD R7(512MB) as integrated graphic adapter, and R5 M230(2GB) as linked adapter. On MSI Afterburner software, it shows that my R5 is zero value on everything, which I assume it's not working. So I have only 2,2GB(R7 512MB + default 1,7GB) of graphic memory, when it's supposed to be 4GB(R7 + R5 + my default 1,7GB vga) if all my graphic adapter is working. How do I make my R5 works too?